Taxon: Marsilea mexicana A. Braun
Family: Marsileaceae

Collector: T. Reeves   5032   

Date: 15 June 1976

Locality: Mexico, Durango, 19 mi SW of Francisco I. Madero. Hwy 40. 7 mi N of Rio Sauceda.

23.9878503691009  -104.756548404694 +-1000m.

Elevation: 1878 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 6160ft

Habitat: Standing water in grassy depression along road and elongated pool on both sides of road. In grassland with some Acacia.

Description: Marsilea plants rooted in mud, leaves floating on water surface. Most sporocarps found on mud at edge of water. Apparently sporocarps float to water`s edge, and become stranded on mud as water level drops. Sporocarps free from plants. At time of collection, several weeks remain before onset of rainy season.

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